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DOGUMEN T FILE. ArPLIoATIoN 211.111) JUNI: 4, 1910.

Patented 111211.11911.

FRANK G. FAWKES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DOCUMENT-FILE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 7, 1911.

Application led June 111910.V Serial No. 565,151.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK G. Fawnns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Im provenient in Document-Files, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to document files employing a plurality of pockets or envelops of uniform size and shape; and my primary object is to provide an improved file of the character indicated which can be cheaply manufactured and which possesses advantages in point of accessibility to the contents of the pockets or individual receptacles and also in the freedom from danger of spilling the contents of the receptacles when the le is in use.

The invention is illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing, in which-f Figure 1 is a perspective view of' the file, showlng the same in partly open condition; Fig. 2, a perspective viejasr showing the file in closed condition; Fig. 3, a transverse sectional view; and Fig. 4, a broken perspective view showing a fragment of one of the en- Elops employed in the construction'of the The invention comprises a plurality of envelops 1 having flaps 2, said envelops being of similar construction and arranged in series with their flaps at one lateral (the lower) edge of the file and all turned in the same direction, the flap of one outer envelop being-secured to the back of the next envelop, and so on throughout the, series. A

cover-section 3 is secured to the back of the',

first envelop of the series, and a cover-section 4 is secured at its lower edge to the flap 4of the last envelop of the series.

cover sections are adapted to receive thereon These advertising matter, or a general index of the contents of the iile, if desired. The flap side (reverse side) of each envelop is provided with blank spaces 5 adapted to receive an index of the contents of the individual envelop. By preference, the flap 2 of each envelop is scored at a short distance from its edge, as indicated by the dotted line C, togiv'e a certain amount of expansibility to the file, and the portion of the iap between the line 6 and the edge ofthe'liap is secured to the surface of the adjacent envelop by gumming, gluing, or in any suitable manner. According to this arrangement, the openings 7 of the individual envelops are located at the lateral edge of the tile, at which the envclops are connected together. Owing to this method of arranging and connecting the envelopsv in series, it is impossible for any individual envelop, when the file is open, to hang or depend with its open edge forwardly, and thus my invention obviates the possibility of the contents of the envelops being accidentally emptied or dropped out.

The closed or back edge of the lile, considered as a file, is indicated at 8, and the open or front edge of the file, considered as a file, is indicated at 9. 'The file is preferably provided with a tape or band 10 for use in securing it in closed condition. Then the individual receptacles or envelops are filled, the gorings or creasings 6 in the flaps of the envelops permit a certain amount of expansibility to the file. y

The file may be constructed of envelops which may be purchased on the market, or envelops may be made especially for use in the construction of the file. Such a file may be cheaply manufactured, ismgeeedingly handy in use, and the contents are secure against accidental loss in the handling ofthe file in the open condition.

The foregoing detailed description has been given for clearness of understanding only, and no undue limitation should be understood therefrom, but the appended claims should be construed as broadly as permissible in View of the prior art.

'What I regard as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A file of the character set forth, comprising a plurality of envelops arranged in series with the iaps of the envelops at the same'edge of the file and presented 1n a comy mon direction, the free edge portion of the flap of one envelop being secured to the adjacent envelop near the flap edge thereof, and so on throughout the series.

2. 'A file of the character set forth, cornprising a plurality of envelops of the same size and shape arranged inseries with the flaps ofthe envelops at the same edge of the file and presented in the same direction, the flap of one envelop being secured to the adjacent envelop, and so on throughout the series, and a cover-section connected with 'the nfree Hap of the last envelop of the series.

3. A le of the character set forth, comprising a plurality of envelops of the same size and shape arranged 1n series with, the

flaps of the envelope at the same edge of the file and presented in the suine direction, the flap of one envelop being secured to the adjacent envelop, and so on throughout the series, a cover-section connected with the free flap ofthe last envelop of the series, a coversection applied to the'iirstenvelop of the series, and means for securing the file in' closed condition.

4. A file of the character set forth, comprising a plurality of envelope, veach having so that the openings of the envelope are 1 turned toward the ottoni edge of the file, for the purpose set forth.

FRANK G. FAWKES. In presence of- J. Gi ANDERSON, JOHN LAURIA. 

